Fep book under law challenged by Indiana officials
Governor Marshall and Attorney General oppose a 50 percent price rise for state school geography texts. The McMillan company may be bound to old contracts at 45 to 50 cent pricing. The attorney general supports keeping the 75 cent advanced book on the list. Efforts to push Rand McNally geography would add about 2000 dollars to state costs.
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McMillan Company
Indiana
Tarr and McMurray
Marshall
General
State Board of School Book Commissioners
Frre
Dodge
Saloon attorneys seek time to review names in remonstrance
Tavior Groninger, attorney for two Warren township saloon keepers, said he and his clients need time to go over all names on the remonstrance presented by township citizens. The commissioners postponed the hearing to a later date.
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Tavior Groninger
Warren Township
Circus Parade Delays Juror in Damages Case
A circus parade delayed circuit court for over an hour when a interurban car refused to stop for juror Jacob Coolman in the Charles Stewart versus Silas Simmons $10,000 alienation of affections case. Juror Coolman remained in custody until after 10 o'clock, with trial expected to proceed later that afternoon.
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Circuit Court
Jacob Coolman
Charles Stewart
Silas Simmons
Cootman
Elgyved Uertil
Burglars Fail to Loot Two Homes on Sunday Night
Burglars entered Daniel Dupee's home at 145 E. Raymond street through a window but fled after being discovered. They also attempted to enter H. R. Goepp's residence at 2410 N. Capitol avenue, leaving window marks but failing to open it.
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Daniel Dupee
Raymond Street
Mr. Duper
H. R. Goepp
Capitol Avenue
Father Seeks Missing Daughter In This City
Andrew J. Stewart of Fort Dodge Kansas writes County Clerk Leonard Quill that he believes his daughter who left home nine months ago may be in Indianapolis. The mother is ill and the father urges the daughter to write.
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Fort Dodge, Kas
Leonard Quill
Indianapolis
Heier Gambling Case to Wave Hearing in Court
Prosecutor Hooton said the Fred Keier gambling house case will be heard in criminal court on Wednesday morning. Indictments against 11 men for gambling will proceed after Heier's case.
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Hooton
Fred Keier
C Criminal Court
Heier
Negro youth jailed for petit larceny in Binghamton
Judge Pritchard sentenced Nathan Jones a young Negro to one year in the workhouse for petit larceny in Binghamton New York on May 10. The report notes upcoming state convention of the Knights of Columbus to be held in Binghamton on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Binghamton
N. Y
the Knights of Columbus
Two Die in Dynamite Explosion at Coal Mine Site
Fredericksburg Ohio May 10 Two men were killed and three injured in a dynamite blast in a shanty at the mouth of a coal mine run by the Terra Cotta company. The injuries are reported as severe with possible additional deaths.
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Fredericksburg, O
Terra Cotta Company
Ioay
Morning hour picks for book lovers at the Indianapolis library
The Indianapolis library offers a morning hour for browsing and mending baskets, recommending a mix of classic and recent titles. Notable reads include Pepys Diary, Lambs Essays, Daudets Tartarin, Victor Hugos Les Miserables, Hawthornes Scarlet Letter, and Thackerays Vanity Fair.
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Indianapolis
Pepy
Victor Hugo
Hawthorne
Thackeray
Luther Burbank
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Miss Sullivan
Macy Vy
C. W. Saleeby
M. D
Richard Mansfield
Paul Wiltstadh
Harriett L. Keeler
Longtime Standard Oil official Teihear Gheen Dies
Teihear Gheen aged 62, a longtime local manager for Standard Oil in Indianapolis, died Monday at St Vincent's hospital after eight months of illness. He leaves a wife and one son. The body is at Royster and Askins, 815 N Illinois street, with burial planned in Pearl City, Hawaii, Tuesday night.
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Teihear
Standard Oil Company
Gheen
Indianapolis
Royster and Askins
Illinois Street
Pearl City
COMPANIES TIED UP BY COURT TRUST DEGREE
The fire insurance companies numbered 130 and restrained by court order sought clarity from the Attorney General James Bingham on how far they may operate. The suit aims to dissolve an alleged insurance trust. The order blocks combined actions by two or more firms or their agents, but allows individual rate setting and ordinary business by single companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bingham
Attorney General
Coats Found in Woods Turned Over to Police
In Acton woods near Ringgold Street O W Mitchell and H R Cook found an overcoat with the name John Horack in its pocket and a purse containing a small amount of change along with an undercoat. They took the garments to the police for examination after discovering them while walking on a Sunday.
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John Horack
Acton
O. W. Mitchell
Ringgold Street
H. R. Cook
Lesinetad Avenue
Explosions Buried Workers in Santo Estevo Plant
May 10 reports from multiple cities: Santo Estevo plant of high explosives wrecked by two blasts burying four workers. Other dispatches note a tornado in Bombay with heavy damage and lives lost, Calicut vessel sinkings, Burhan Eddin planning Albanian uprising, a Milwaukee streetcar robbery, and Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia giving birth to a daughter.
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Rome
Santo Easilo
Bombay
Calicut
Malabar
Belgrade
Burhan Eddin
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Milwaukee
Washington Park
Plymouth
Eng
Chas. M. Schwab
America
Paris
Grand Duchess
Cyril
Russia
Edward
Roosevelt captures rare beast in African hunt
May 10 report says Col. Roosevelt’s party secured news of a remarkable alive animal described as a cross between a zebra and a giraffe, possibly an okapi unseen by whites. He had previously shot a rhinoceros and hippopotamus along with lions and antelopes, and does not plan an elephant hunt now.
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Tes
Col. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Chinese Arrested in Raid on Tea Store and Laundry
Police raided Quong Lee & Co. at 182 N Delaware Street after Chinese residents complained of gambling. Capt. Asche led officers inside where patrons played fan tan and two men in the basement were found smoking opium.
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Quong Lee & Co
Delaware Street
Asche
Chicago Cash Grain Opens Higher Then Dips
Chicago May 10. Opening in wheat rose initially on steadier cables and smaller world shipments, but Bartlett Patten's selling of July futures pushed prices down over a cent from Saturday. July wheat 1.1454 to 1.154, corn July 68 1/2 cents, oats July 51 1/2 cents, July pork and lard not quoted, ribs July 9.87 to 9.90.
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Chicago
Bartlett Patten
Revolver Accident Injures 15YearOld in City Hospital
Arthur Watson, 15, is in critical condition after a revolver wound inflicted by Adolph Waldvogel, 18, who is held by police. Both boys say the shooting was accidental after a Sunday school visit to Waldvogel’s home at 429 Irving Place. Waldvogel says the family was at church. He was cleaning the revolver when it discharged after he attempted to show how McKinley was assassinated.
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Arthur Watson
Adolph Waldvogel
Waldvogel
Irving Place
Watson
McKinley
Heir to Forty Millions — Iowa Drayman Named Heir
Des Moines reports H. H. Beans of Sheldon is named heir to a New York City estate totaling 40 million dollars. Beans, a poor drayman with a family, will travel east immediately to claim the inheritance.
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Iowa
Des Moines
H. H. Beans
Sheldon
New York City
Beans
Lineman Moore 15 Hurt In Collision In Indianapolis
Thomas F. Moore, lineman for Indianapolis Telephone Co, was severely injured Saturday afternoon when a wagon he rode in collided with an automobile driven by Luke Wright. Wright, a Black man driving for Bert McBride, was arrested on assault and battery. Moore was sent home to 2718 Illinois Street.
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Thomas F. Moore
Indianapolis Telephone Company
Luke Wright
Bert McBride
Delaware Street
Moore
Bellefontaine Street
Wright
Illnois Street
Missing Hoosier Ars Settled in Oklahoma
North Salem Ind May 10 W O Davis a local business man who recently disappeared writes from Oklahoma stating he is there and instructing disposition of his North Salem property he does not explain why he left town.
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North Salem
Ind
W. O. Davis
Oklahoma
Boyle and Wife Plan 10 Die in Dedication of Masonic Temple
A move to dedicate the Grand Temple of the Masons on North TLEthis street is planned for May 4 and 23 with readings and exercises. Indiana Mason bodies are invited, and prominent Masons from the United States are asked to attend. The event aligns with the 9th annual sessions of the Grand ac Tremew Ralls and aims to advance the Arishis Templar degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Tle
Indiana
United States
Simulus
India
Meetsle and Mrs Boyle 25 Years Scene At Mercer Jail
Mercer Pa May 10 a planned scheme by Mgr and Mrs James Boyle to cheat justice failed at Mercer county jail. James Boyle was searched revealing a razor. Mrs Boyle admitted taking morphine to kill two, but did not. Mrs Boyle and Mrs Harri face new dangers as court sequence and jail guard follow.
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Mercer
Mgr
James Boyle
Alercer
Providence
Abs. Boyle
R Clearch
Chess
Boyle
Harry
Mrs. Gor
Perle
Avelock
Borles
Mercer. Pa
James Hi. Rorl
Willie Whith
Helen Boyle
Boyles
Borte
Lawyer quotes ancient law in insanity defense during Hains case
John E. McIntyre, chief counsel for F. C. Hains Jr., appeals to the court to frame the insanity defense as he argues against the state's alienists. He warns the proceedings will last hours and asserts the legality of admitting ancient law references while challenging the examination of Capt. Hains.
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Flushing
L. J
John EE. McIntyre
F. C. Hains, Jr
Metniyre
Solon
Peresy
McIntyre
Capt. Hains
Money Pours Into Rome for Home for Friendless Women
Campaign volunteers staff the Board of Trade building as donations flood in for a public fund aiming at 60090 dollars for the Home for Friendless Women. Early contributions include 45 from two men, 10 from an unnamed donor, 1 from "A Bry from Home" and another teacher, plus a 20 dollar check from a business firm. Subscriptions arrived without solicitation as canvassers begin work with a plan to report at 1 pm.
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Womer
Board of Trade
Mayor Bookwalter Leads Boston Boosters to Boost Railway Office
Mayor Bookwalter headed a 3 person delegation sailing to Boston Saturday to urge the Order of Railway Conductors to locate its Indianapolis offices. The party includes W L Taylor J H McClintock H B Roslyn J T Maidens John O Mara W T Brown E F Hailey Richmond L M Glass Frankfort J C Caudon Chicago E O Hefner J B Hollis and O T Hyer plus delegates and the Ladies auxiliary. Hookwalter expected back Friday.
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Bookwalter
Boston
Indianapolis
W. L. Taylor
J. H. McClintock
Charman
H. B.roslyn
J. T. Maidens
John O'Mara
W. T. Brown
E. F. Hailey
Richmond
L. M. Glass
Frankfort
J. C. Caudon
Chicago
E. O. Hefner
J. B. Hollis
O. T. Hyer
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Hookwalter
Death in Fall Claims Whitley County Man
In Fort Wayne Indiana on May 1 Andrew J Beggs of Whitley county fell down stairs and was instantly killed.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Andrew J. Beggs
Whitley County
Four Pure Milk Stations In City For The Babies
The pure milk commission of the Children s Aid convention will open four milk stations in Indianapolis on June 1. Commission members include Dr Eugene Ruehler city sanitarian chair Ralph Bamberger and several others. Last summer 119 babies were registered and nurses visited homes giving care advice. None of the babies who drank milk from the stations died. The effort and other child-saving agencies cut Indianapolis deaths 80 below the previous year s average.
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Pure Milk Commission of the
Ren’s Aid
Indianapolis
Eugene Ruehler
City Sanitarian
Ralph Bamberger
W. T. Barnes
Eliza A. Blaker
A. C. Mathews
J. George Mueller
F. S.C. Wicks
Wiliam L. O’connor
H. E. Barnard
Hugo Thorsch
Leo Rappaport
Congregational Conference Opens in Indianapolis This Week
The fifty sixth conference of Congregational churches of Indiana opens Tuesday in Indianapolis with the Woman's Auxiliary Home and Foreign Missions societies meeting Monday evening. Officers are Rev. John tumfrevs moderator, Herbert L. Whitehead secretary treasurer, and Rev. Arthur Sullens scribe. A number of prominent persons will participate as the program unfolds, with the conference closing Thursday evening.
Pastor Calls for Abolition of Child Labor
Rev H C Clippinger of Edwin Rev M E Church preached on Church and Labor urging abolition of child labor and sweatshops. More than 14 Fairmont Glass plant employees attended as he urged capitalists and workers to live by the Golden Rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Clippinger
Edwin Rev M. EL Church
Fairmont Glass Plant
Clippinger
On the Other Side of the Door novel by Lucia Chamberlain
The Bobbs Merrill release centers on Eleanor Fenwick a young San Francisco woman who witnesses a murder trial and helps secure an acquittal. The plot weaves romance with courtroom drama as Johnny Montgomery is hidden then surrenders and is ultimately freed after a confession by another woman. California atmosphere and straightforward entertainment mark the tale.
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Lucia Chamberlain
Bobbs-Merrill
Eleanor Fenwick
San Francisco
Johnny Montgomery
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Eleanor
Montgomery
California
Eader
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Grand Temple OF the Masons
ME Etsle
Mrs. Boyle
UAW
ANG Gage
Boosters
Beantown
Congregational Conference
City
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